Clanton 14th Street – East Side – The Original Hood

Clanton 14th Street is a predominately Hispanic gang originally from Los Angeles’ eastside. The original Clanton varrio started in the early 1920s on Clanton Street which was located between San Pedro and Central Avenue. The territory of Clanton varrio once went from Olympic Blvd (north) to Santa Barbara Avenue (south) which is now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and they shared their turf with Primera Flats 23rd Street.

During the early 1950s the city decided to change the name of Clanton Street to 14th Place in an effort to discourage the Hispanic gang from continuing their gang activities. There was the Sleepy Lagoon murder of Clanton member Jose Diaz in 1942 and the shooting of Clanton member Frank Torres in 1942 at the coliseum and then the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943 which were connected to gang / pachuco activity in the area. After the street name change, the neighborhood just embraced the new street, 14th Place, and added 14th Street to their name.

People have falsely identified Clanton 14 as a Norteño gang from Northern California, but the 14th has been used with this gang since about 1952 or 1953 representing 14th Street. Although Clanton are a Sureño gang, they have never identified with the number 13 in their graffiti. Many Southern California gangs have been identifying with the 13 since the early 1960s. Clanton is not alone in this regard as several other gangs from Los Angeles also do not identify with the 13, such as Choppers, East Side Clover, Primera Flats, White Fence, 18th Street and 38th Street.

Los Angeles map from 1948 depicting Clanton Street

This original eastside varrio has split into distinct areas in recent years. On the north side Clanton occupies the area from Washington Ave (s) to Olympic (n) between San Pedro (w) and Alameda. To the south they occupy the area between San Pedro (east) to Main Street (west) from 30th Street (north) to 36th Street (south). Eastside Clanton is a much smaller turf today than the one they controlled during the 1960s and 1970s but its location is still consistent with the core area they originally covered.

Clanton 14 Street graffiti from Los Angeles. The 14 represents 14th street, not Northern California or Nortenos. Although Clanton is from Southern California, they never include the number 13 in their graffiti.

The Eastside hood of Clanton 14th Street is their most historic of its five neighborhoods. This community has undergone some significant changes as the neighborhood has changed from a residential community that once occupied the streets of Essex, Paloma and San Pedro to an industrial and commercial zone during the 1980s with very little residential population. The clicks of the eastside include the 25th Street, 31st Street, 32nd Street, 35th Street, Adair Street, Maple Street Locos, Pee Wees (PWS), Night Owls, Trinity Street Gangsters, and Jokers (JKS).

Four Clanton members standing on the corner of Essex & Clanton Street, Los Angeles, circa 1947

The Mexican Mafia as inducted members from Clanton including Bill “Hoss” Frisbee and Corwin “Sloppy” Elmore who died of AIDS in prison in 1991.

The Coca-Cola Bottling company and the City of Los Angeles’ first all black fire department occupy the area of 14th Street and Central in the original Clanton 14th Street neighborhood.
Other Clanton neighborhoods in Los Angeles

What up G”EYES. these Ho ass mothafuckas ain’t shit! Stay smoking my enemies/ don’t let it be you NEXT cause it could be you NEXT! It could happen SO FAST…
1 fake 7 fuck all my enemies and they dead HOMIES. ES C14 STR JOKERS! Hitting hard knocking mothafuckas off SOLO BOLO!

FUCK TRAMPS HAHA YA FOOS CANT HANG OUT WITH THE BOYS! SC.HANG OUT BOYSX3 CAIAGA TO THE VARRIO LEVAS ! YOU FOOS CANT GET DOWN ONE ON ONE HAHA I CAUGHT YA FOOS SLIPPIN ON UR HOOD I HAD THE CUETE FOR UR LIL HOMIES I WAS GNNA SMOKE YA FOOS BUT THE FUCKEN PIGS WHERE THERE!!! FUCK T6K!

Fuk calsones those are all meth addicts in the Hollywood area props is a big ole ranker and molester,wicked is one of the biggest lames from the dukes.micro is more of a follower,he has no nutsack,hiding behind his mommy and chito his daddy.i heard some foul shit of wicked lady that she was getting fucked by some vatos de temple..que gasho.belive me these guys are my neighbors i feel bad for them there always getting shot at tagging in the rain .but last i heard ms killed hefty ,blackdiamonds killed bago,rascal,smiley and 18st is constantly Fuck ing these guys up.also this kid cholo from dukes is a rat and ranker but they allow that the dukes need to clean house in chitos words.clanton sure went downhill nothing but lames. Blanco aka fresh is also a leva i seen some guy from bds tall guy put tips on 3 clanton. And gave them all beatdows. Melrose and normadie i ask. Clanton to relax for your good guys…

So who are you exactly… If you have any nuts you’ll back your shit up and let me know. Thanks for all the info… Lol…C” I’m from the EVIL SIDE IN South Central. But Bago was my Boy… I heard blackdicks did it but wasn’t sure, good to know.???????? but serio I can tell you be on the nut’s and if I try hard I can find you and make you answer for your disrespect! Trust me… Shit doesn’t go UNANSWERED. BUGZY ES C14 GANG FUCK blackdicks faketeen and monkey shit and last but not least FUCK YOU. I will be looking????

Hey bud what did you want to know,i live in alexandria
Deadend and i know your westside homie are sorry
These guys from temple are fucking alot of your homie lady
While they smoke crystalmeth.also they rank it alot that
Is all i know for now besides i heard ms is fucking your homie s
Up

I resent the photo of these gentlemen being used in all these Clanton gang web pages. My father and uncle were not affiliated in any Clanton gang. Yes, they were from the neighborhood, but were not involved in any gang activity whatsoever. The men and women in their social group was just that…a friendly social group that went to local church dances of which they speak about to this day and in fact still meet once a month even in their 90’s.
I would appreciate this photo being removed, thank you.

Calsones are all dropouts and methheads in the melrose area a few down fools pero the rest are sorry poobutt levas.don’t even have the huevos to go head up.ask that softee blanco they put major tips on that boy …Bagos better ask someone!

Fuck black dicks your lame ass hood is dead.E.S.C14 ST. SINCE YOU KNOW SO MUCH seems to me you on the Nuts. C” we do it this on a daily/ catch lames like you and leave them Stuck! From South Central and many other CLANTON HOODS. GET LIKE US HO/ E.S. C14 ST BUGZY JKS. It could happen to you????????

LOKOS KLIK BDS13 AINT THAT A BITCH TALK ABOUT DEAD BARRIOS CALSON IS DEAD AS FUK
ALL THATS LEFT IS BASURA I HEARD THAT LEVA MICHAEL PROPS GOT BEATDOWN AND FUKED
HIS WHOLE MASCARA TOLD THESE VATOS BEFORE WILL TELL THEM AGAIN FUK CLOWNTOWN
WHAT ABOUT THAT LEVA DEEZ ALL FROM THE WS ALL BITCHES ANOTHER THING ES YOU AINT
FOOLING NOONE IVE BEEN ON TRINITY SANPEDRO 36ST AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND ES CALSON
IS NOWHERE TO SEEN…..LEVAS DEAD AS FUK
BLACKDIAMONDS LOKOS ESE LIL PRIMO

bLACK dICK sUCKERS ARE NO LONGER AROUND QUIT TRYING TO CLAIM THE FAME LAMES!! CE 4TEEN GANG PUTAS!! WHEN THRU ALL THEIR SUPPOSEDLY HANGOUTS AND FOUND A GHOST TOWN NADA!! THEY ARE JUST YAPPING THEIR GUMS! AND DON’T BELIEVE ALL THE BULLSHIT THESE RATAS WRITE ON THE NET HOMIES! THAT FOO ON ALEXANDRIA IS THE SAME PENDEJO FROM bds C14STR.RIFA LOS DUKES DE LA TERCERA…

Is that why bagos in the dirt you know was up
Calson your a big ole leva all your fagget homies
Are bitches and ranker dropouts.none of you culeros are around in the calles
The moment theres a calson that moment a leva get dropped.fuck calson no hood ass levas
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